Synonyms

 1.  calm:       s_ _ e n _ 

                      t r _ _ q _ _ l

2. begin:     c o _ _ e _ _ e

3. limit:       c _ _ b

4. panic:      f r _ _

5. cunning:  d _ _ i _ _ s

6. shy:         b a _ _ f _ _

7. madness: f r _ _ z _

8. weak:      f _ _ i l

9. chance:   p r _ _ p _ _ t

10. capture: s _ _ z _

11. furious: l _ _ _ d

12. understand: p _ _ c _ _ v _

13. gloomy:  d _ _ m _ _

14. foretell: p _ _ d _ _ t

15. attract: e n _ _ _ e

16. obvious: a _ _ a r _ _ t

17. pull: h _ _ l

18: chance: p r _ _ a b _ _ _ t y

19. question: i n _ _ r _ o _ _ t _

20. distress:  a _ _ u _ _ h

21. curious: i n _ _ i s _ _ i _ _

22. threatening: _ e _ _ c _ _ g

23. tired: _ _ a _ y

24. disgusting: r _ _ u _ s _ _ _

25. old fashioned: q _ _ i n _

26. eager: z _ _ _ o _ s

27. clever: a _ _ o _ _

28. talkative: g _ _ r _ l _ _ s

29. obvious: c _ _ s _ _ c _ _ u s

30. dangerous: p r _ _ a _ _ o u s

31. wicked: n e _ _ r _ _ _ s

32. d _ _ a _ i c: positive in attitude and full of ideas

33. i _ _ o _ _ n _: showing lack of respect

34. a _ _ m _ _ t: cannot be persuaded

35. e x_ _ e r _ _ t: excited and cheerful

36. decrease: a _ _ t _

37. wealthy: a _ _l_ _ n _

38. modest: d _ _ u _ _

39. f _ _ t _ _ e: being secretive

40. f r _ _ o l _ _ s: being silly or playful

41. i _ _ u d _ _ t: not showing respect

42. a _ _ a b_ _:  friendly

43. f _  _ g _ _ : being carefulin spedning money

44. d _ _ o _ _: move someone to a lower rank

45. increase:  a _ _ m _ _ t

46. familiarise: a _ _ u a _ _ t

47. cry: l _ _ e _  _

48. understand:  c o _ _ r _ _ e n _

49. buy: p _ _ _ u _ _

50. suffer: e n _ _ r _

51. adjust: a _ _ p _

52. puzzled: b _ _ u _ _ d

53. protect: c o _ _ e _ _ e

54. e _ _ r _ _ : come out of

55. d _ _ e r _ _ _ e: find exactly

56. persuade: c _ _ x

57. s _ _ _ r e: keep safe

58. blame: a _ _ u _ _

59. hug: e _ _ r _ _ _

60. stick:  _ _ h _ _ e

61. dip: i _ _ e r_ _

62. l _ _ g _: stuck in a place

63. e _ _ p: prepare

64. confused: b _ _ i l _ _ r _ d

65. watchful: v _ _ i l _ _ t

66. temporary: t r _ _ s _ _ _ t

67. keen: v _ _ a c _ _ u s

68. uninteresting: v _ _ _ d

69. poor: i _  _ o _ e r _ _ h _ _

70. poor: d _ _ t _ _ u t e

71. careless: r _ _ k _ e _ _

72. lively: v i _ _ c_ _ u _

73. luxurious: o _ _ l e _ _ t

74. v _ _ t _ _ u s: righteous

75. respectful: r _ _ e r _ _ t

76. teasing: m _ _ k _ _ g

77. tough: r e _ _ l i _ _ t

78. i _ _ x _ l _ c _ _ l e: unable to explained

79: v _ _ n e _ a _ _ e: at risk

80. kind: b _ n _ v_ _ e _ _ t

81. evil: m _ _ e v _ _ e _ t

82: h _ _ r _ _ d_ _ s: extremely unpleasant

83: b _ _ e f_ _: threatening to harm

84. b _ _ s _ _ r _ _ s: energetic and noisy

85. a _ _ o c _ _ u s: horrible

86. c _ _ m_ _ c y: mercy

87. stop: c _ _ s _

88. disrespect: c _ _ t e _ _ t

89. shy: c_ _

90. give: c _ _ t _ _ b _ _ e

91. a _ _ m _ _ a _ l _: very unpleasant

92. p _ _ s _ _ e: in deep thought

93. a _ _ f _ _: clever in a cunning way

94. discuss: c _ _ f _ _

95. c _ _ d _ _ n: express disapproval

96. c _ _ s p _ _ e: make secret plans

97. f _ _ a t _ c _ l: obsessively concerned

98. a m _ _ e: more than enough

99. a _ _ l _ _ h: put an end to

100. persuade: c _ _ v _ _ c _

Synonyms

prominent                            n - - a b - -

conspicuous                         o - v - - u s

detest                                   h -  - e
                                             l o -  - t h -

uncanny                               s - r - - g -
                                            m - - t - r - - u s

precarious                            d - - g - r - - - s
                                             t r - - c h - - o - -

deceitful                               d - s h - - e - 

defy                                      r e - - - t

contradict                             d - - p - - e
                                             d - - a g - - - 

derelict                                 c - - m b - - n g
                                             d - l a - - d a - - d

desolate                                l - - e l -
                                             f - - l - - n
                                             m - - e r - - l e

defiant                                  o b - - - n  - t -
                                             - n  - - l - - t        

dynamic                               a - t - - e
                                             l - - e  l  -
                                             e - - r g - - - c                           
         
dignified                               s - l - - n
                                             n -  - l e
                                             a - g - - t

conquer                                b - - t
                                             d - - e - t

convince                              a - - u - -
                                            p - - s - - d e

confront                               c h - - - e n - -

condemn                              c r - - - c - - e 
                                             d - - o u - - e

confess                                 a d - - t

collapse                                t - - b - - 
                                             f - - l

compose                               d e - - - e
                                             c - - - t e

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slowly  mildly  benches  regular mostly unusual circular ideal entire
lazy creating weather


In the centre of the -------- hedgerow, there was a small pond. Two ----- ducks were ------ swimming through the water -------- ripples around them. It was a ------ sunny afternoon; it was ----- to sit and relax and watch others - people, birds, animals, plants and trees - get on with their lives. Iron ------- lined the ------- edge of the hedgerow at --------- intervals. They were -------- empty as this was a day in early March during which this ---------- is quite --------. 

obscuring  plain glimpse perfect lush bustling continuation dotted outskirts rolling grazing located 

The farm was in the --------- of the town, largely hidden from ------ view. Anyone new to this area would not expect a farm to be ------- in that part of the town. The town was a --------------- of the nearby ---------- city which might one of the reasons for the above thought. A few miles drive through the town would give a ---------- of what lies ahead - --------- hills covered in --------- green meadow ------- with trees and bushes grown to ---------- height not ----------- the view of animals ------------ and relaxing.

Spelling

Spot the spelling mistakes in the following passage and sentences and fix them:

It was Wendsday. He was getting ready to go swiming lessons. It begun to rain. He absoulety hates going out when it rains but he did not want to miss the lessens. He suited himself with an aproppraite rain jacket and walked out. As he steped out of his home, the rain stoped. With a board grin on his face, he walked to the leshure centre. He was proud of himself that he desided to go the lessons dispite the rain.

''What a miraculos thing to happen!'' he excliamed.

It's only a temprary arangement.

Agressive behavior would attract disiplinary action.

There are a vareity of rare sweets available in the specility shop.

He learned a valueable lesson.

The stain in his shirt was not noticable

''Don't be nuaghty!'' his mother warned

Punctuation

Add appropriate punctuation - only capital letters, apostrophes, speech marks, commas and full stops - to the following sentences:

1. get your maths homework out the teacher said and place them on the table

2. i didnt finish the homework said anna quietly because i had a bad tummy ache

3. with a smile on face is that an excuse asked the teacher 

4. i am really upset sam said grumpily because you broke my favourite toy

5. to caution his friends sam said i can assure you this is an absolute bad idea that would definitely jeopardise our safety

6 with a hop and bounce in his stride he entered the room

7 to his disappointment there was no one in the room

8 the empty room flattened his enthusiasm

9 with a sigh he sat in the far corner of the room and waited for his irresponsible friends

10 how could they do this to me he complained to himself

11 the building which was in the end of the busy road appeared to have lost its glory

12 it however had intersting features such as two tall pillars with lion statues on top guarding the entrance

13 the building which was a luxury hotel in the past was partly destroyed by fire

14 as no attempts were made to renovate it it was falling into further disrepair

15 you a succesful business man and a resident of this town should try to revive its former glory

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 Deserts

vast surface extremely freezing barren ears vegetation sparse depth adaptations interesting landscape scanty parched humps

A desert is a type of ---------- that cover part of the earth's ------. It is -------- as there is no ------------ and the land is -------. It gets ---

rainfall and the water sources are ---------. Day time temperatures are ------------- high. However, nights can be ---------- cold as it is a --------- open space. Animals that live in the desert have ----------- such as big ------- to fan themselves and --------- to store fat. Plants have long roots to reach for water from greater ----------. Here is an ------------- fact: Antartica is a desert.

Rainforests

flora species weather humid similar fauna ecosystems tropical

changes clearing cultivate affects deforestation furniture population

Rainforests are rich --------- where hundreds of thousands of ------ of --------- and -------- live. The --------- in the rainforest is hot and 

---------. They receive heavy rainfall -------- to --------- forests. 

Human beings are ---------- out vast spaces in the rainforests by cutting milions of trees to get wood for --------- and construction and to free land to -------- food crops for the growing --------- of the earth. This is called --------------. This ---------- the animals that live in that area and also causes ------------ in weather patterns.

 

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Fill in the blanks:

scared   behaviour   closer    attempted    attention   disappointed unfortunately  proud   picture   think  ignore   leisurely   alarmed 
cooing  whistle    attention    moving   hastily  frightening    alert 
obeserving  look  perching  perceived danger  fluttered  slightest
zoom


He was sitting ------------ in his back garden. He saw ----------- a bird ---------- on a tree branch. Time to time, it gave a --------- look at him. It then pretended to --------- him. The bird's ------------- was interesting to him. To grab the bird's --------, he started to ---------. In reply, the bird made ------- sound but it did not -------- at him. He thought it would be a good idea to get a ------- look. He slowly -----to stand up from his seat. The ---------- movement he made ---------- the ---------- bird. He stopped ---------. He had to ----------- of an idea to look at the bird without ------------ it. He took his phone out and tried to take a ------------ of the bird. He could --------- the photo to see the bird closely. Giving himself a ----pat on the back in his mind, he pressed the button. ------------, the attentive bird ------------ the mild sound from the phone as -------. It ----------- its wings ------ and flew away. He was --------------.